Violent Ends

"This isn't revenge. It's a reckoning."

2025 1h 52m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 71

ThrillerCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the crossfire.

“This isn't revenge. It's a reckoning.”

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Cast

Billy Magnussen
Lucas Frost
Alexandra Shipp
Emma
Nick Stahl
Tuck Whitehead
Kate Burton
Darlene Woodley
James Badge Dale
Sid Frost
Ray McKinnon
Walt Frost
Jared Bankens
Eli Frost
Nathaniel Woolsey
Fiddle Frost

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John-Michael Powell
Writers: John-Michael Powell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John-Michael Powell, shot by Elijah Guess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anthony B. Willis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Billy Magnussen and Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This isn't revenge. It's a reckoning.".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6902560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

John-Michael Powell directs. Elijah Guess behind the camera. Anthony B. Willis scores. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released last year.
2Directed by John-Michael Powell, shot by Elijah Guess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Anthony B. Willis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Billy Magnussen and Alexandra Shipp and Nick Stahl carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "This isn't revenge. It's a reckoning.".
6IMDB entry: tt6902560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 71 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Elijah Guess
Original score: Anthony B. Willis
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Violent Ends (2025)

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tender_buttkiss2025-12-11
★ 7/10
Violent Ends lives ip to its name. First bit was a bit of slow character development, letting you know who thr characters are and the world they inhabit, but then about half hour in, the movie starts amping up the action. Yes, it does have a pretty predictable ending, but the set up was worth it. All in all, a very enjoyable movie
Martin Oaks2026-06-20
★ 4/10
Blank bullets in the Ozarks Lucas Frost is an upstanding man trapped in the shadow of a family clan whose only legacy is drug trafficking and brutality. Desperate to build a peaceful future far from crime, he plans to marry his fiancée, Emma. However, his family plans crumble when his ex-convict cousin, Eli, commits an armed robbery gone wrong, leaving an innocent victim caught in the crossfire. Torn between his sheriff mother's warnings and an unbearable thirst for justice, Lucas turns to his stepbrother, Tuck (Nick Stahl), to hunt down the culprits. "Violent Ends" is a prime example of the narrative apathy that has become so prevalent in contemporary cinema. While we would normally have loved to enjoy a film brimming with lyrical passion in a visceral family conflict, the mediocre Powell delivers a routine and lifeless genre exercise that moves with alarming listlessness. The visually appealing presentation of the scene fails to compensate for a flat script filled with stilted dialogue built on modern crime thriller clichés (a reluctant hero with a sacrificed girlfriend as a mere catalyst against the blood feud), offering absolutely nothing original or even remotely novel. The cast, featuring character actors like James Badge Dale (as the sadistic Sid) and Ray McKinnon, is completely wasted because, foolishly, the screen time of the most compelling antagonists has been restricted, turning what could have been a tense family feud into a series of intermittent confrontations that generate no intrigue whatsoever and are utterly boring.